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ReviewImmunologic research2006

Ligand-independent signaling during early avian B cell development.

Kelly A Pike, Michael J H Ratcliffe

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Review in Immunologic research, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kelly A PikeDepartment of Immunology, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Michael J H Ratcliffe
Canada Research Chairs · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Surface immunoglobulin (sIg) expression has been conserved as a critical checkpoint in B lymphocyte development. In the chicken embryo, only sIg+ B cells are selectively expanded in the bursa of Fabricius, a primary lymphoid organ unique to the avian species. We have previously demonstrated that an interaction between the antigen- binding sites of sIg and a specific bursal ligand(s) is not required to regulate this developmental checkpoint. Rather, the requirement for sIg expression can be attributed to the surface expression of the Igalpha/beta heterodimer associated with sIg. More specifically, ligand-independent signaling downstream of the Igalpha cytoplasmic domain drives all bursal stages of B cell development during embryogenesis. We discuss here a site-directed mutagenesis approach to identify the critical membrane proximal events involved in ligand-independent signaling during B cell development.

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AnimalsB-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationChick EmbryoChickensImmunoglobulinsLigandsReceptors, Antigen, B-CellImmunoglobulinsLigandsReceptors, Antigen, B-Cell

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PMID17003513
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